Bribery, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, Enforcement

UK SFO: the ingredients of cooperation

A&O Shearman on 6/16/2025

The UK SFO’s new guidance on corporate cooperation makes clear that a company must show cooperation if it is to be invited to enter into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA). No change there. So what’s different in the new...more

Eye on Economic Crime: SFO Releases New Guidance on Corporate Cooperation and Enforcement

Mayer Brown on 4/29/2025

On 24 April 2025, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) launched new guidance for corporates on self-reporting, cooperation and deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”). Among other things, the new guidance states that, if a...more

The FCPA Person Of The Year – The Prosecutor

The Volkov Law Group on 12/23/2013

To continue a “tradition” on Corruption Crime and Compliance, I like to end the year with recognition of the “person of the year,” referring to the institution which has had the most impact in the enforcement and compliance...more

Global Anti-Corruption Enforcement And Emerging Practical Issues

The Volkov Law Group on 12/13/2013

As global enforcement becomes a reality, companies face a unique set of risks which can be mind-numbing in complications. With the long-arm reach of the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and other anti-corruption laws, more enforcement...more

Deferred Prosecution Deals and Sentencing Guidelines Come to the UK: How Will They Work in Bribery and Corruption Cases?

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 9/10/2013

Although the perceived slow pace of investigations and prosecutions by the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") has come in for a great deal of commentary and criticism, it does appear that the SFO is slowly but surely ramping up its...more

A Mid-Year Assessment Of FCPA Enforcement (Part II Of II)

The Volkov Law Group on 6/25/2013

DOJ’s criminal enforcement of the FCPA was the story of the second quarter of 2013. ...more